Offers both experienced cardiologists and trainees the opportunity to identify and address common pitfalls encountered with echocardiology in routine clinical practice. This book covers a series of challenges ranging from technical difficulties to problems with echocardiographic interpretation with each section presenting a series of simulations.
Salient Features
* Edited by an international expert.
* Abundant use of full-colour allows accurate representation of images to afford detailed discussion of the techniques involved.
* Didactic approach ensures delivery of key information in manageable portions thus saving time for the busy cardiologist.
* Includes the most frequent pitfalls associated with a range of techniques thus ensuring applicability to a variety of clinical settings and equipment availability.
Table of Contents
SECTION 1 – Technical Pitfalls
* The physical limitations of echocardiography
* Ultrasound artefacts
* Patient hypoechogenicity
* Problems due to adjustments of the machine settings
* Other technical pitfalls
SECTION 2 – Diagnostic Pitfalls
* Cardiac valves
* Cardiac walls
* Cardiac chambers
* Systolic and diastolic function of the ventricles
* Pulmonary arterial pressures
* Thoracic aorta
